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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

I know that it's still October, but I'm pleased to announce that our 2019 Advent

Devotional, the songs tell the story, is now available.

Janet Dennis and my wife wrote about the origin stories of 25 well-known Christmas songs.

You'll be both blessed and inspired by her words, which remind us of what every great

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the Songs Tell the Story Today at Daily Article.org. A tornado destroyed schools, businesses,

and homes in the Dallas area on Sunday night, October 20th.

But amid the devastation, a remarkable story unfolded.

CNN reports that a pregnant woman came into a birthing center in Rowlett, east of Dallas.

The center's owners said later, it was a beautiful day outside.

Nothing to worry about. Then around 10 p.m. or a little before, it was time for her to start pushing, and our phones all started going

off saying there is a tornado near us. The power went out as tornado sirens went off. The staff

quickly took the mother into their laundry room, which they determined to be the safest

room in their facility. There they helped her deliver a baby girl by candlelight.

Both the girl and her mother are doing well.

The tornado in Dallas is just one reminder of the limits humans face in preventing natural disasters.

Wildfires in Northern California have burned an area more than twice the size of San Francisco.

The National Weather Service warns this morning that extremely dangerous fire conditions in the Los Angeles area

have not been seen in recent memory. Pacific Gas and Electric could conduct its third power cut

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